Charity group Read Easy Blackmore Vale North helps anyone who struggles with reading to improve their literacy.

Did you know that 2.4 million adults in England alone cannot read at all, or can barely read? Imagine not being able to fill in a form, read the back of a food packet, follow Facebook – or help your child with their learning.
Read Easy Blackmore Vale North is working to change that with free, confidential and local support for anyone who wants to learn.

Peter, another Read Easy success story, pictured with his literacy coach

This local group, covering Marnhull, Shaftesbury, Gillingham, Mere, Wincanton, Sherborne, Sturminster Newton and surrounding villages, is affiliated with the national charity, Read Easy UK. You’ll already be familiar with its work if you watched the BBC documentary that followed Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades’ journey to literacy at 51, helped by a Read Easy coach.
The charity links adults of any age or circumstance who want to learn to read or improve their skills with a trained volunteer coach. They meet on a one-to-one basis for half an hour, twice a week in an approved venue. This is all at no financial cost, with no timescale and minimal pressure to the reader.
One of the group’s Shaftesbury readers, Sarah, came to Read Easy because she couldn’t read bedtime stories to her children. She learnt to read with a Read Easy coach, and then went on to give interviews on national television. She also published her brilliant book My Dyslexic Journey. Peter, another local reader, says, “the team stuck by me and helped me to grow and to develop my reading skills.”

If you know anyone who would like Read Easy’s help, please contact Mindy on 07857 159431
You can also find information on the Read Easy UK website www.readeasy.org.uk/groups/blackmore-vale-north.